Category: International News

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (APP):As the world prepares to mark Valentine’s Day, the UN Environment Programme head has urged people around the world to make a bold move and “break up” with plastic. “This Valentine’s Day we are urging people to break up with throwaway bottles, straws, utensils and bags and help turn the tide… Continue reading Break up with plastic this V-Day: UN Environment chief

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board’s employment criterion has raised grave concern for citizens as it was giving undue favour to a specific region, an official said on Tuesday. An official on request of anonymity disclosed that the board’s anomaly has been discussed and question was raised among members for giving extra favour to Punjab… Continue reading PCB recruitmnent criteria questinable : an official

  UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (APP):Denouncing the detention of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives, United Nations human rights experts have warned that the independence of the judiciary is under “serious threat” in the country, as is the principle of separation of powers between the State and the courts. “It is clear that the… Continue reading UN rights experts denounce detention of Maldives judges as a “direct attack”

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (APP):One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and 4 million in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with ISIS/Da’esh, the United Nations children agency has warned. There were 150 attacks on education facilities and 50 attacks on health centres and personnel since 2014, UNICEF said in… Continue reading One in Four Iraqi children in poverty after war on Da’esh

  UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (APP):Pakistan has called for expanding the United Nations Military Observer Mission in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), which monitors the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, to enable the mission deal with the rising tensions in the disputed region. “This (UNMOGIP) needs to be expanded to respond to existing threats and… Continue reading Pakistan urges strengthening of UN observer mission in Kashmir amid escalating tensions

  UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (APP):The Elders, a group of independent global leaders who work together on peace and human rights issues, Monday expressed their deep sadness over the passing away of prominent Pakistani lawyer and human rights defender Asma Jahangir. “Asma Jahangir was internationally respected for her pioneering work in her home country and… Continue reading Elder global statesmen praise Asma Jahangir’s commitment to freedom, justice

BEIJING, Feb 12 (APP):Over 700,000 security volunteers started to patrol Beijing streets on Monday as the capital stepped up security following Sunday’s shopping mall knife attack. The security volunteers, including residents wearing red hats and armbands, would strengthen patrols at traffic hubs and densely-populated areas, including business districts. They will work with police departments to… Continue reading 700,000 volunteers begin Beijing patrol after mall attack

  BEIJING, Feb 12 (APP):More international air cargo routes between Pakistan and China’s inland cities are needed to enhance seafood and fruits exports from Pakistan to China. In 2017, exports to Pakistan from China stood at $18.3 billion, while China’s imports from Pakistan totaled $1.8 billion. With upgraded “software,” the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a… Continue reading More air cargo routes needed to enhance Pakistan’s seafood, fruits exports to China

  UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Sunday expressed his deep sorrow over the passing away of Asma Jehangir, a leading Pakistani lawyers and a UN human rights special rapporteur, saying, “We have lost a human rights giant.” “News of the death of Asma Jahangir today is echoing within her native Pakistan… Continue reading UN chief mourns Asma Jahangir’s death, calls her ‘human rights giant’

  NEW YORK, Feb 12 (APP):Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, has been named as one of the world’s “five successful women diplomats” by a popular Russian news website, according to a report by Russia’s official news agency. The report, citing the website — Gazeta.ru — was carried by RIA Novosti, a state-owned… Continue reading Top Russian news website picks Maleeha Lodhi as one of world’s five ‘successful women diplomats’

  NEW YORK, Feb 12 (APP):The Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) Sunday expressed its “deep shock and sorrow” over the death of the “human rights warrior, Asma Jahangir. “Asma Jahangir was embodiment of reason and justice, who spent her entire life fighting against the forces of tyranny and injustice,” the association said in a… Continue reading US-based Sindhi group pays tributes to rights ‘warrior’ Asma Jahangir

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 11 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate and unconditional de-escalation of violence in Syria as civilians in the war-torn country suffer through one of the most violent periods in nearly seven years of conflict. In a statement attributable to his spokesperson, Guterres stressed that “all concerned in Syria and… Continue reading UN calls for urgent action to de-escalate escalating violence in war-torn Syria

BEIJING, Feb 11 (APP):The Spring Festival travel rush, known as “Chunyun,” when hundreds of millions of Chinese return to their hometowns or travel around the country to celebrate China’s lunar new year. This year, travellers will make about 2.98 billion trips during the 2018 Spring Festival travel rush, between February 1 and March 12. It… Continue reading China’s Spring Festival travellers to make 3 billion trips in 40 days

BEIJING, Feb 11 (APP):Terming Pakistan as his second home, Vice President, China Communication Construction Company (CCCC), Sun Ziyu has believed that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would bring socio-economic benefits not only to China and Pakistan but also the neighbouring countries and world. “I believe, the CPEC, a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative… Continue reading China’s infrastructure construction tycoon terms Pakistan his second home

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 10 (APP):The United Nations has called for helping women and girls reach their potential in science by dismantling barriers militating against them. The call was made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a message to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed annually on Feb. 11. He said… Continue reading Dismantle barriers against Women, girls in science: UN

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (APP):Pakistan will stand by the Kashmiri people and support their just struggle for self-determination until the achievement of their goal, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told a large gathering of Pakistanis and Kashmiris in New York on Friday. Presiding over a meeting organized by the Consulate General of Pakistan to mark Kashmir Solidarity… Continue reading Kashmir issue is alive at UN: Maleeha

NEW YORK, Feb 9 (APP):Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that the fence Pakistan is building along its largely porous 2,343- kilometer border with Afghanistan will help reduce terrorism and he sought U.S. assistance as Islamabad steps up efforts to complete the project. “It won’t cost them much,” he said of the U.S. in… Continue reading FM Asif urges US to pay for fencing Pak-Afghan border aimed at reducing terrorism